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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 2575451, member: 39&quot;]Coins have been minted in Utrecht since, oh, about a thousand years ago. That was a city mint first. (Strictly speaking, Utrecht is not Holland. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The city is in the province of Utrecht; North and South Holland are two different provinces of the Netherlands.) One starting point could be 936 when Utrecht got the right to mint coins. Another important date is 1567 when Philip II of Spain opened a royal mint in the city. See <a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koninklijke_Nederlandse_Munt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koninklijke_Nederlandse_Munt" rel="nofollow">here</a> (Dutch; there is also a less detailed English version).</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1806, when coins for the Kingdom were to replace the provincial coinage, Utrecht was picked as the minting location. Apparently the facility was technically well equipped. Later the Rijksmunt became the Nederlandse Munt, and it got the additional term &quot;Royal&quot; (Koninklijke N.M.) in 1999. And well, it will not cease to exist - just like the Polish Mint for example, it will simply not be a government operation or state owned company any more ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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